Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 50, Number 59, Decatur, Adams County, 10 March 1952 — Page 1

Vol. L No. 59.

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Gen. Batista Takes Control Os Cuban Army 'President Maker* Os Cuba Takes Over; Palace Surrenders Havana, Cuba. March’ 10—(UP) —Gen. Fulgencio Batista, Cuba’s "president maker,” seized control of the army in a pre-dawn coup today and the presidential palace surrendered to his troops at 8 a.m. (CST). \ - Two members of the presidential palace guard were reported killed and seven wounded in an outburst of firing several hours before the surrender. Apparently the shooting was done by Batista supporters before the main body of troops arrived. Batista sources said .president x Carlos Prio Soccarras, against whom Batista rebelled, and members of his cabinet were on the way to the grim Cabana fortress across the harbor from the city. The fortress, whose guns dominate 'the capital, was reported under command of Gen. Francisco Tabernilla, an old Batista man, and it was indicated that Prio had gone there to negotiate a surrender— or, if possible, an agreement short of surrender. Batista’s troops and national police are ip control In central Havana and. at Camp Columbia, the army general headquarters outside the city. Batista, who has helped oven throw three presidents since the early 1930’a and has made two, is a candidate in the June 1 presideptial election against the party of preaident Prio. — Striking at 2 a.m. when he went to Camp Columbia and seized command of the army there, Batista told the Uftited Press he revolted because the government had become a collection of "political ward heelers.” He charged that Prio was getting ready to install his own presidential candidate, former president Carlos Hevia, by means of a coup if Hevia failed to show strength that would make his election certain. This correspondent watched from the roof of the Hote lEvilla, dominating the nearby presidential patace and its great square in the heart of downtown Havana, when the drama reached its climax. Sharply at 8 a.m. armored cars with truckloads of infantrymen beS hind them closed in on the palace froth al four main streets leading to ft. As the armored cars approached, white sheets appeared from Windows and from the roof of the palace, hanging down its walls. As the infantrymen followed the armored cars, more white flags appeared. v Not a shot was tired. L The soldiers and police who had been guarding the palace, with machine guns set up behind its grilled metal entrance gates, filed out into' the street. • Others of the Prio regime followed - them to the street. All were lined up and searched, (Tara To Pave Six) Mrs. Marie Graft Is Taken By Death Mrs. Marie Graft, 70, of near Ossian, died Sunday morning at the Wells county hospital at Bluffton. Surviving are three \ sons, Elmer and Arthur of near Ossian and Lawrence of near Preble; five daughters, Mrs. Herman Mil- _ let 1 of. hear treble, Mrs. Herman Werling of near Tocsin, Mrs. Morris Shull of Fort Wayne, Mrs. Ed- , win Meyer and a Mrs. Herbert Franke of near Ossian; 38 , grandchildren; 16 great-grandchildren, and a sister, Mrs. William Roembke of near Ossian. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Elzey & Son funeral home at OStian, and at 2 o’clock at the Bethlehem Lutheran church near Tocsin, the Rev. Harry Behning - officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. INDIANA WEATHER Cloudy and mild with occasionkl rain north and showers •outh Monday night, becoming partly cloudy Tuesday and turning a little colder. Low tonight 36-44 north, 42-52 south. High Tuesday 38-46 north, 4466 south.

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American Sabrejels Down Seven Planes Three Other Enemy Planes Are Damaged Seoul, Korea, March 10'.—(UP)— American Sabrejet pilots shot down seven Comniiinlst Mig-15’s and damaged three others in air battles over North Korea today, inflieting the greatest losses on the Red air force in more than a month. • A fleet of. 80 Russian-built jets t crossed the Yalu river for the first I timb in four days. They were at- . tempting to drive off 100. allied . fighter-bombers attacking a vital 15-mile stretch of railway east: of Sunchon. ‘ , I The Russian interceptors were [ cut short of their targets by a of Sabrejets, GO of which took part » in three battles with the Red - planes. I ■ ■ -J, ; j A small number of the Red jfets . cornered an ’ hetivy American jet observation plane near Sinuiju. Sabres pounced oh the Migs, destroyed three and dam- . aged two. Two other dogfights ■ near Uiju and the Yalu rivet- ac- ; counted for the other Migs. " It was the worst, day for the Communist air force since Jan. 25 when American Sabres destroyed 10 > Migs, probably destroyed one and damaged three. Meanwhile, Gen. MattheW B. , Ridgway’s headquarters in Tokyo announced that Russia and her satellites are providing of the weapons used by the -Communist forces in Korea. ► v Soviet artillery, taflks.j vehicles and smaller weapons are being used by. both Chinese and North Korean j armies against *a 11 ie d forces, an announcement said. 1 All the weapons are “effective,” esven though some date to 1902. On the battlefrorii, allied infantrymen in the western sectfir recaptured a hill east northeast of Panmunjom, the truce conference site. l Two Communist platoons! stormed and captured the height pf midnight last night after a 20! minute fight. U.N. troops won back their positions 40 minutes later, killing five Reds. F-84 ThUnderjets and F-80 Shooting Stars dropped SOh.OOkb pounds of bombs on a 15-mile stretch of ■ track about 75 miles south of the Yalu river, possibly the heaviest rain of explosive ever dumped on ■ one stretch of rails. '■ —k Heart Attack Falal • To Kenneth Zerkel i Funeral Services To Be Wednesday ‘ Kenneth Zerkel. 4.6, superintendent of maintenance for the Mesh- ! berger Br.os. stone corporation at Linn Grove, died suddenly of a heart attack early Sunday afternoon at Baer Field, neitr Fprt Wayne. He was taken to St. Joseph’s hospital, where ■he was prouounced dead on arrival. 1 Mr. Zerkel suffered the fgtal seizure while watching a son, Lt. Kenneth' Gene Zerkel, prepare to leave on a B-25 to return to the Reese air force base at Lubbock, Tex. The son, who was on a crosscountry flight with a group of students from the air force base, had been at home since Friday. Mr. Zerkel and two other sons, Jerry and Ronald Bruqe, had accompan1 fed the lieutenant to the field. Mr. Zerkel was born in Adams ’ county July 31, 1905, a son of Jac--1 ob and Oceano Zerkel, and was a- - resident of- the county. He was a member of the,CalI I , - v . vary Evangelical United Brethren church at Linn Grove. Surviving are ; his wife, Marie; his mother, who resides in Decatur; four sons, Lt. Kenneth Gene ’ Zerkel, cadet James M. Zerkel, 1 United States Military Academy, West Point, N. Y., and Jerry and Ronald Bruce, at home; two daugh--3 ’.ers, Mrs. Kathleen Sauers of Columbia City and Miss Sheryl Ann, 3 at home; a brother, Hubert Zer<kel of Decatur, and two sisters, ’ Mrs. Ray Smith and Mrs. Ed Kel--3 ly, also of Decatur. ( , - Funeral services will ■ be . conducted at 2 p. m- Wednesday at tiie Calvary Evangelical linifed Brethren church at Linn Groye, with 'burial in MRE cemetery at Berno. The body will bd ! removed from the Yager funeral home to the residence, five miles west of Berne, .where friends may call after 10 a. m. Tuesday. ■ 'I \ hi

Gives Warning To Reds Over Insults To UN Admiral Libby, UN Truce Delegate, In Warning On Panmunjom, Korea. Mar. 10 — (UP) — An allied truce delegate warned ihe Communists today that he will walk out of Korean ajrmistice meetings if they continue to insult the United Nations. .Bqt Rear Admiral Ruthven E. Libby made it clear that he is not threatening to break off. negotiat onsi, “There is a limit beyond which we are not going to go,” Libby tpld newsmen after a 57-minute meeting on. exchanging prisoners. “I am not going to sit and listen tn that tripe. I’ll just get up and walk out.” \ The limit appareritly already las been reached, in the other discussing armiistice terms there negotiating tent. Staff officers adjourned 'aftej- only six minutes - four minutes; longer than Sunday’s session, j y. N. representatives again sand they had nothing new to offer on their «tand against Russia’s membership on a “neutyal’’ inspection commission* or other deadlocked issues. _ \ Libby tjold North Korean Maj. C?en. Lee\ {Sang Clio in the prisoner discussions that “you have even gone so far as to attempt to int midate ps by’ threats so that we Will acquiesce to your demands.” Libby made it clear that the next movp is up to the Reds, But hie told Lee the allies do not intend to “sr and listen” any further to baseless Red charges that the tN delegation is "telling: lies.” The Corhmunists on Sunday had ? Scused the U. N. Command of ’inhuman and barbarous” acts ajianst Red prisoners, including forced tattooing and threatening them with “bayonets and hand grenades" to join anti-Cqmmunlst societies. "We have studied your prepared statement of yesterday,” Libby said, "and after reading It, we ajre more than ever unable to understand whdt you hope to accomplish at late date by reading iijto the record such an outrageous agglomeration of misstatements of facts, groundless accusations and (Torn To- Page Ftv«) j ' -r ; Two Weeks Remain To Enter Primary Several Vacancies . 1 Remain On Tickets With two weeks remaining ni which to file declarations of candidacy, several county offices are still without candidates. On the Democrat side of thei contest there are no announced candidates for treasurer or auditojr. In the Republican primary, to date just one candidate has filed, that is Frank Kitgon for auditor. Democrats have two candidates for commissioned, third district. They are John Augsburger, incumbent, and Harley Reef. There also is a contest for the office of ‘county recorded. The candidates are Mrs. Mabie, Striker and Mrs. Cat|ieirine Lose. G. Remy Bierly, incumbent? and\ William Kruse, are candidates’ for joint-representative. Lewis L. Smith is the Democrat candidate for prosecutor; Herman Moellerlng is the candidate for surveyor; Lewis Worthnian is a candidate for commissioner, first (Ustrßi. These men are unopposed, so far, in eithey partyf Several names have been mentipridd' in connection with the treasurer and auditor candidacies fln the Democrat ticket. Neither Pilchard Lewton. incumbent treasurer nor Thurman Drew, incumbent auditor, is eligible to seek reflection. Political workers in both parties are cognizant of the lack of candidates , and are planning several group meetings In an effort to obtain good candidates for the offices. March 27 is the last day on which a county candidate can file for an office.

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Oh Boy! |t’s A Girl! Re f - 5-Z-. .V • ■ -.•JSC- A-EdK -V > • : EDWIN GEYER, 54, auto and wife; Lydia. 51, beam with happiness in Pittsburgh, as they pose with daughter Rosemary Ritth. six and a half pounds. Child is their first atyer 27 years Os marriage-~an event desMbed by. physicians as “one-in-a---million;" — ;

—q— Escaped Convicl Is Sought For Slaying Comb New York For Convicted Killer New York, March 10,—(Upj— Police searched today for a dearfaced escaped contict as the slayhr of the hero in bank robber Willie Sutton’s capture but they did not rule but a theory that a self-appoint-ed avenger shot the young pants salesman. More than 150! plaipclothesmen and uniformed patrolmen combed the city for Frederick J. (The Angel) Tenuto, convicted killer who climbed oveir a Philadelphia prison wall with Suttom in 1947. Tenuto became the quary in the city’s greatest mknhunt aftef he was reported seen in Brooklyn a few houi;s before Arnold 24, was shot four times near his. home. Saturday night. The killer, who had lurked in an ’ alley on his death watch, fired a ,38-caliber bullet into young Schuster’s abdomen. Then he;shptj: the youth in the head three times as he tumbled to the sidewalk. The word that Schuster had been murdered in cold blood Spread so fast that his family received the news when it was flashed ori their television screen. When Suttbn was told the youth who had been responsible for his : capture had been killed in gangland fashion, t!he bank robber Jpajd t’this sinks me?” Police interpreted Sutton’s statement to mean that Schuster’s assassination would ruin his chances when he faces trial for the $69,000 robbery of a iLong Island batik two years agq. ; ‘ M "He feels that this shooting ruins any chances he had of getting a break,” they said. J j p Sutton promised last night he \ would aid police. I. | “I will do everything I pan to cooperate with the police to help bring the killer of Arnold Schuster to justice,” Sutton spid. Sutton, who previbusly haol expressed no feeling pf ill will toward (Ton To Paso Six*

beaten T/teditotitM, , i(Rev. Stanley peters, St. PapL-Winchester Circuit) ON MAKING DECISIONS “ ... . choose you this day whom ye will serve; . . . but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.” i . . ' Joshua 24:15 ' ■ ’ 'I ; A : ' :4- •> These words, which were spoken so mahy years ago to the Israelites by Joshua, are just’as tijnely in our day. God wonderfully and abundantly blessed this people by caring for them, giving victory over their enemies and leading them into the promised land—a land flowing with pillk and honey. Today, we are the recipients of the abundant blessings tof God, as Americans, in this wonderful land. No other’nation is<so favored as ours. Unfortunately, God ie‘ not receiving the glory and honor due Him In this day. .Christ the Saviour of the world is calling for our decision, just as Joshua earnestly sought for it from God’s chosen people. Jesps is spying to us with Paul, “now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.” The greatest decision we will ever make is to “sreye the Lord.” It is a decision that no one else can make for you or me, for that choice lies between us and God. ; i Choose with Joshua today and you will have made the choice of a life-time; the choice which wi.fi bring peace and joy to your soul for time and eternity. There Is no substitute. “Choose you this day”—CHOOSE CHRIST!

Three Leave Today For Armed Service ;s Three Adams county young men left this morning, for Indianapolis and active induction into the nation’s armed forces under selective Service. The members of the contingent were Clarence Edward Wariner, Milton John Habegger and Howard Affolder. ‘ The local selective service board also announced that a call has been received for two men to report March 17 for pre-induction physical examinations. Rules Former Reds 1 May Be Deported i ■■ U.S. Supreme Court j Upholds Deportation J Washington, Mar. 10 —, (UP) — The supreme court ruled ■ today that the government may deport aliens for past membership in the party. | Justice Robert H. Jacksbn wrote Oie opinion for a 6 to 2 majority, justices William O. Douglas and jingo L. Black dissented. Justice Felix Frankfurther wrote a separi;o concurrence. i 7 Before 1040, the law provided for deportation' of aliens who bei tanged at the time to organizations advocating ; the violent overthrow of the government. The alipn Registration act of 1940 expanded the scope of the statute to include those who had joined such a group at any time after their entry, even though they later withdrew. In 1950, the McCarran. internal security act made the provisions I apply specifically to the Communist party. The law was challenged hy three deportees who fought their cases to the supreme court. They were Peter Harisiades, Brooklyn. N. Y., |n admitted party thember from 1025 to 1939 and editor of a Greek baper called Erhpros; Luigi Mas(Tnr« To Paicr Three) S’.

Surprise Strike Called Sunday Is Paralyzing One Railroad System I ■ . <’ 1 I I *' <4F t. ■ .IF i i p' I ■ [. I’ 1 * "’' , ! - . Ji. I i|- ' I ‘ F 1 ; |—i \i L -I’, -a > IV.’ ’.’’l i- ■ \ — —

Slake Off Site For ! St Mary's Church May Break Ground At Site On Wednesday The superintendent of construction for F.A. Wilhelm, of Indianapolis, general contractor for building the new SBOO,OOO St. Mary’s Catholic church and rectory, corner of Fourth and Madison streets, arrived here today and began staking off the site, preparatory to excavating for foundations to support the edifjee. u I The Veiy Rev. J.J. Selmetz, pastor, staled that ground might be broken Wednesday for the new church. He explained that the contractor’s superintendent arrived ttere this morning and began negotiations for starting work immediately on the excavations. Msgr. Seimetz did not have all the details, but said the contractor had conferred with local persons relative to sub-contracts for the excavation. Fouridations for the new church will go down as deep as 14 feet across thp Fourth Street facade and the east side walls, tapering off to a depth pf about eight feet at the rear of the modern EnglishrGothic building. Allocations of materials for bulld 1 - Ing the sew church was made last Week by the national production authority (NPA), and since the contractor had most of the steel and reinforcement rods necessary fpr building Jon hand, immediate steps were taken to begin the Ideal project. Contracts totaling; $780,923 were awarded by Msgr. Seimetz and the church building committee last Juhe, but construction was held up because bf the NPA freeze on steel and other vital materials. It is believed construction of the 75(>seat capacity church, which will be topped with a 102 foot tower, will require 18 to 20 months to complete. ’ Hearings Held On Gross Income Tax i State Commission Investigating Tax \ Indianapolis, Mar. 10 — (UP) — A grain imarket expert charged today that Indiana’s gross income tax law' prompts “country elevators” to sell their produce outside the state. As a result, said general manager Freeman Bradford of the Indianapolis board of trade, his organisation must “go to Illinois to get grain ift order to stay in business.” J Bradford spoke at a public hearing on the gross income tax structure called by a commission investigtalng the tax. Other speakers suggested substituting h retail sales tax for the gross income levy, ot adjusting “Inequitable” rates. Bradford said the reason for the interstate grain dealing was a provision of the gross income tax law which charges small elevators sl4 to $35 a carload in taxes on sales to other points within Indiana but exempt them from the tax when sales are made to out-of-state Points. ' \ ' m “This is a handicap,” Bradford said, “because most of the .Indiana grain is sold outside Indiana and because receipts by Indianapolis markets j are going down ‘ steadily we have to go over to Illinois ,to get grain in order to stay in business.” - Bradford suggested the be f-.mended so that large terminal markets pay one percent on gross earnings whether transact state commerce. Bradford said business In interstate or! intraunder questioning by hearing chairman Courtney Johnson that his suggestion amounted to sup(Tunt To Pa<o Six) jf I j- ■ ; ; N | j ‘ ■. ’ ' ' ;

New Hampshire First To Cast Votes Tuesday Taft, Eisenhower Camps Conflict On Outcome Os Voting , N. H., Mar. 10—(UP) i of Gen. Dwight ; D. Elsenhower and Sen. Robert '■ A. Taft made conflicting forecasts, of ‘ victory today as Ni?w Hampshire voters prepared to mark ballots in Tuesday’s curtain-raising presidential primary. The stinging "grass roots” cam T paign, which left little room for compromise among opposing Republican factions, is expected to attract more than one-third of the state’s 300,000 eligible voters. aU While the Eisenhower-Taft contest holds the national spotlight, 1 President Truman’s i popularity ( among rank and file Democrats gets its first test since the * 1948 elections. ; Sen. Estes Kefauver, the president's opponent in the granite State primary, all but concedes vict tory. Kefauver said with another ( w>ek Os "cracker barrel” cam- . paigning, he could beat Mr. TruI man, but,, with time having run . out, he will be satisfied "With a ( good showing.” .! The first-in-the-nation New Hampshire primary offers a doublet barrel test for the presidential i hopefuls. The voters not only sedelegates to the national nominating conventions, but pick the man they want to see in the White House. Taft, who conducted the kind of a hard-hittipgyeampaign hb believes will returft Republicans, to jpower in Washington, is banking onwresults qf the legalized “straw” poll to prove his vote-getting ability. H ! \ . ' He said be would win\four delegates; but h|B campaign managers are Claiming six to eight of the 14 to be chosen. “The Eisenhower slate of delegates is comprised of big names, I bpular and experienced campaigners,” the Ohio senator said. "Howover, I feel the preferential test CTarx To Pae* six) Bertha Slavenik Dies In Accident Mother Os Decatur Man Killed Sunday Mrs, Bertha Stavenik, 85, of Mansfield, 0., mother of William Stavenik,' parts manager for the Saylors Motor Co. of this city, was killed about 9 o’clock Sunday morning in an auto accident near Defiance, O. The auto in.which Mrs. Stavenik was r|dtng skidded on the slippery pavement of U.S. 24 and crashed into a bridge abutment. Driver of the car was Mrs. Stayepik’s granddaughter, Mis® Joan Schlatter, 23, of near Grabill. Also in the aiito were Mrs. Stavenik’s daughter, Mrs. Mildred Schlatter, 55; and the latter’s niece, Melba Schlatter, both also of Grabill. The three women escaped with cuts and bruises. j , The group was enroute from Mrs. Schlatter’s pome to Toledo, 0., to irisit relatives. Surviving the accident victim in addition to the son and daughter, are three other daughters, Miss Louise Stavenik of Monroe, Mrs. Helen Norr of near Grabill and Mrs. Evelyn Wysong of Fairborn, 0., and three other sons, Stephen Stayehik of Elkhart, Victor Stavenik of Fort Wayne and Benjamin Stayenlk of Mansfield, O. Funeral services will be held at 1 p.m. (EST) Wednesday at the Wappner funeral home in Mansfield, with burial at Mansfield. ii’ I ' '

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5,500 Key Workers Walk Out; Serious Threat To Industry \ Is Posed By Strike Chicago, Mar. 10—(UP) —The army demanded today tliat engineers, ; firemen and conductors call ofi a strike which has paralysed most of the New Ybrk Cen--tral system and has posed a serious threat to industry. In its second day, the walkout of 5,500 f key workers already had forced scattered layoffs in industry and had disrupted traffic over several roads which share NYC facilities, including the Baltimore & Ohid. the Chesapeake & Ohio, the Wabash, the Illinois Central end the Burlington. The surprise walkout was called yesterday against the NOW York Central and its subsidiaries, the j Michigan Central. Ohio Central, Big Four and Pittsburgh t & Lake Erie. Traffic over the NYC was halted weitt of Buffalo, N. Y. At Washington,- assistant secretary ol the army Karl Bendetsen said lie had sent telegrams 'to heads of the three striking railroad brotherhoods at Cleveland, declaring that the national interest “demands” no interruption ot rail service. At Cleveland, a spokesman for the union leaders —Ji. O. Hughes . of the conductors, J. P. Shields ot tha engineers and D. B. Robertson of the; firemen—said they were • taking Bendetsen’s telegram *“un-" dtr consideration.” Washington sources said that if the strike is not called off the toverntnent will seek anti-strike court orders by nightfall. The army has been in technical charge of the roads since 1950 when they were taken over in a labor dispute. The present walkout is an outgrowth; of the same dispute, a three-year controversy over wages, hours and work rules. The (strike's effects were felt almost immediately in the southern Illinois foal About 2,600 Saline county coal miners faced idleness by nightfall. Four mines and two wpsher plants already had closed and! five other mines served by the railroad had S only enough empty cars to keep men working today. The New York Central said it already had laid off about 20,000 workers because of the surprise walkout, and that the lot al would atnoiintj to 50,000 “if the strike continues two or three days.” The road a total 0f about 110,000.; A railroad spokesman skid that "hardly a wheel is turiHng” iii the strikebound area west of Buffalo. He said a single trobp train was scheduled for movement ih Chicgao area this afternoon? and presumably would go through on time. The walkout yesterday left thousands of travelers stranded. The Street station in Chi? cago, used by the New York Central. was virtually deserteo. But at the '-pnfon station, the Pennsylvania railroad reported an upsurge in passenger reservations to New York. The Pennsylvania, unaffected by the walkout, said that; its Manhattan, leaving Chicago at noon for New York, was “sold out.” v--j t J I _— Ex-Monroe Pastor Is Taken By Death i - ■ . J ■ The Rev. Raymond F; HaH, 51, former pastor of the Monroe Methedist church, died Sunday morning at the Methodist hospital in Indianapolis, where he had been a patient seven weeks. He had been pastor of Trinity Methodist church at Columbia City sihee last summer. Surviving are his wife, Dorothy; two daughters, two- grandchildren and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Audp O. Hart ot Russiaville. Funeral services will be held at 10 a. m. Wednesday at the Columbia City church and at 3 p. m; at the Russiaville Methodist church.